Dongfeng Peugeot ＂Future Master＂ Debut Roland Garros
Liang Qichao said: Youth is strong, and youth is progress.
The six "future masters" selected will spend 7 days on the passionate and elegant red earth of Roland Garros to study and feel the "Chinese dream" they carry.
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On May 22, French time, six "future masters" carrying new hopes for the development of Chinese tennis arrived in France. It is reported that these six teenagers are outstanding tennis teenagers selected by Dongfeng Peugeot from more than 10,000 candidates in 6 cities in China through the first season of the "Lion Cup". The six "future masters" spent a week-long French Open tour in France. During these 7 days, they went to the French Mouratoglou Tennis Academy to receive professional training, improved their skills under the guidance of previous French Open champions and tennis masters, experienced the French Open Charity Day competition, observed the outstanding style of their idols on the clay court, and visited the Automotive History Exhibition Hall to appreciate the rigor, passion and elegance behind the Peugeot brand with a history of more than 200 years.
Photo: The children who successfully arrived in France cannot hide their excitement
French Open Tour Encounters "Black Pearl"
Dongfeng Peugeot’s "future master" travels to Paris to stay and train professionally at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, where Serena Williams (Serena Williams) trained behind closed doors before going to the French Open. The tennis academy is named after her French coach Mouratoglou. The school is the birthplace of future stars and has produced famous players such as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Pavlyuchenkova), Paul-Henri Mathieu (Paul Madir), Jérémy Chardy (Jeremie Chalti), Victor Hanescu (Hanescu).
After arriving in Paris, the six "future masters" took a special car to Mouratoglou tennis school. Driven by curiosity and thirst for knowledge, the six teenagers forgot about the tiring journey, and as soon as they put down their luggage, they visited the world’s best tennis school. Outside a training hall, they also accidentally "peeked" at the tennis "black pearl" Serena Williams, who was training here for the French Open.
Photo: Mouratoglou Tennis School
Retreat for top professional training
On the second day of staying at Mouratoglou School, the six "future masters" quickly entered the training state and experienced Moratoglou’s unique and innovative coaching concept under the guidance of professional coaches, experiencing the original professional tennis, and this was the first time they really set foot on the "red clay court".
"Future Master" receives international top tennis training
The stars gathered on the draw day to help "Future Master" enter the road of Roland Garros
French time on the 24th is the French Open draw day, which is full of stars. All kinds of stars who are rarely seen before the game attended the draw ceremony on that day. Like the real tennis masters, the six "future masters" were also interviewed on the Peugeot racing car, and then entered the mysterious clay court of Roland Garros. Here they saw the highest honors of clay competitions – the Susan Langerang Cup and the Musketeers Cup. The two trophies are like ancient cultural relics with a history of hundreds of years, containing a strong atmosphere attached to the years. They are themselves a detailed French Open cultural classic.
(Top left: Sharapova participates in the lottery ceremony) (Bottom left: "Future Master" is interviewed in a Peugeot racing car)
(Top right: Roland Garros Trophy) (Bottom right: "Future Masters" pose with their French driver and 3008 Roland Garros model)
Zheng Jie shares her French Open experience and teaches her competition insights
On the afternoon of May 26 local time, Chinese player Zheng Jie met with six Dongfeng Peugeot "future masters" in the Roland Garros Peugeot VIP area and shared her "embarrassing story" of participating in the French Open for the first time, hoping to use her experience to let children understand that a player not only has to bear great pressure on the court, but also has good physical fitness. Especially in men’s tennis, she said, "Male players sometimes play four or five hours a game on the clay court, which is really hard, so you must do your own physical training."
(Top left: entering Roland Garros) (Bottom left: "Future Master" meets Zheng Jie)
(Top right: Enter Roland Garros, everything is so fresh) (Bottom right: "Future Master" poses with Zheng Jie)
Peugeot brand boosts tennis career
As a representative of passion and elegant French life, Peugeot and the French Open share a common origin and temperament. Since the 1980s, the two have gone through more than a quarter of a century together. Last year, Peugeot brought its cooperation with Roland Garros to China. This year, Dongfeng Peugeot joined hands with the French Open for the second time. Not only did it send six "future masters" to France, but also launched Dongfeng Peugeot 508 and 3008 2013 Roland Garros versions. At the same time, the second season of the Dongfeng Peugeot "Big Lion Cup" Amateur Tennis Grand Prix was also launched across the country, and will use the competition to select more Chinese tennis "future masters". At the same time, Dongfeng Peugeot and the Chinese Tennis Association jointly launched the "China Youth Tennis Future Masters" development plan, using the Tennis Association platform to cultivate new Chinese tennis forces and move to higher-level international tennis competitions, so as to achieve new breakthroughs in Chinese tennis in youth international professional level competitions. Let "Future Masters" can display their talents on a larger tennis platform.
After experiencing the first decade of its own development, Dongfeng Peugeot will join hands with the Chinese Tennis Association to actively participate in the popularization and development of youth tennis, promote the vigorous development of China’s tennis industry, and help more teenagers realize their "tennis dream".